Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-19

Michael Angeles. L is most unfair and
dishonest to take the ignomi1ious failures
In Ca1lstian profession instead Of TIE
glorious successes. The Bible and the
church are great picture galleries filed
with masterpieces.
furthermore, we learn from this story
OF JosePh that the result Of persecution is
! elevation. Had il not been for his being
sold into Egyptian bondage by his mali
clous brothers and his false inprison-
ment, Joseph would never have become
Prime Minister. Everybody accepts the
/ promise: blessed are they that are per
secuted for rigite business sake, for theirs
IS the kingdom Of heaven" but they do
not realize the fsc. that this principle sp-
plies to worldly as well as spiritual
SUCCESS. 1t is tue in al depart
me1ts. Had it not been for Aes-
chimes Who brought impeachment against
Dtmosthenes, the immortal Grafton De
| Corona would never have been delivered.
Men Use TO hie political position through
representation and the assault Of tie
public. Pubic abuse is all that some OF
our public men have had to rely upon
| for their elevation. Il has brought II
them what talent sld executive force
could never have achieved. Many Of
those who gre making great effort fer
place aud power Will never succeed just
because thty ege not OF enough impor-
| lance 10 be abused
| II is the nature Of man 10 esther about
these who are prosecuted and defend
thenr and they are SPIT TO forget the faults
OF those who are the subj -cts Of attack
While attempting 10 drive back the Sim
derers.
Helen Stirk, Scotch martyr, con-
demned Win her husband TO death FOR
1 ClFi,i'5 sake, said to her husband: "R3-
ioice; we have lived together many Joy
1ul days, bu. this day where!a we must
! die together ought 10 be the most joyfUl
/ to US both. rtfJre, l viii not DID you
! gOod-night, for soon We shall meet in the
/ heavenly kingdom" By tn fash OF tie
! furnace oest CAri.tizn Character is dgIl-
On1tT4ted.
90 into aDotder department! and hnd
/ that these great denominations OF Chris
tians wh.c1 have been most abused have
apIeed
THE MOST RAPIDLY.
! n good man ives ever more Wiley NAL
4 treated thaG John Wesley. His follow
ars were noUted s. erd maIigned and
Callet by ayerY Letestayie name that IN
t-lEal ingenuity could invent, but the
EOttCr the persecution the more rspid TIE
spread OF inst denomination, until you
( EnCW what g great host thy nave become
alt what q tremendous force for GCd and
the truth they are welding ell the world
1 over. l. Wss persecution that gave Scot
land 70 Pres6J ter;anism, It was perstCu-
ti3n which gave cur CWn land fest 10
civil liberty sud sf;erward TO religious
freedom. Yce, | may 70 further back
ard say /. WAS persecution that gave Che
world the grCa1 salvation & the Gospel.
The riD.ld mockery, tle bpngeIiEg ard
.hir5,iDg, the unjust trla and ignOmiu
iCus deatb where Ill the force Of helps
fury was hurled against the cross, wRs
the iGtrOdUc, o CT that religion. which IS
yet TO 5e the eArta's GeliYsrapCc from
gail, and suffering ana her everlasting
enhancement among the pEinCipalilies o.
heaven. The state Ess sometimes said Il
The church: "CoTe, let me lake your
hand aud l will help you" What has
been the result? Tee church has gone
back and has lost liz es.ste CT holiness
and has become Ineffective. At otter
times the state mas saId 10 the church: 81
viii crush you" WHAT has been the re
su,? After the storms have spent their
fury, the CHURCH, so far from having lost
any CT is force, has increased and is
worth infinitely SmCTe after t1e as
s2ult than before il. The church is fsr
mere indebted 10 The
OPPOSITION OF CIVIL
government then To its approval. TIE
a-es OF the stake have Only been me
torches which Chris. held in his hand, ~
the light OF which the church has marched
10 her present position. Il the sound OF
raChs ard instruments OF torture | hear
the rumbling OF the wheels # the gospel
chariot. S3atolds CT martyrdom have
been the stairs by which the church has
ascended, Aqu& FORTS is the best test
Of pure gold.
Furthermore, our subject impressos US
that sins Will come TO exposure. Long,
long years ago had these brothers sold
/. Joseph into E5ypt They had suppressed
the crime, and it was a profound secret,
well kept by the brothers. But suddenly
the secret Is cut. The old father learns
that his son is II Egypt, having been sold
there by the malice CT his own brothers.
How their cheeks mus. have burned and
their hearts sunk a. the flaming out OF
this suppressed crime. The smallest
inqIty has thousand tongues, and they
! VIII b,ab out 81 exposure. Saul was
sent 20 destroy the Cauaanites, their
sheep and their oxen. But when he got
t down there among the pastures he saw
some ti1e sheep and oxen too fAt to kill
and so ne thought ne would steal them
? He drove them toward home, but stopped
to rep0r: to the prophet how well he had
executed his commission, when in tbs
distance the sheep began to btea
/ and the oxen 10 below. The Sc
{ cIet was out, aud Samuel said
to the blushing and COMPOUNDED
! Saul; "What means the bleating @
the sheep that hecr snd the lowing o
J the cs tle?" Aye, my hearers, you cen
} not keep an iniquity qaiet. At just th,
+ wrong time the sheep viii bleat and tht
oxen will below. Achan cannot stea
Z the Blbylonish garment without gettin!
i stoned to death, nor Benedict Arnold be
e ray his country withOu. having his zee!
! stretched. Look over the police arrests
= these thieves, these burglars, the5
t adulterers, these c0unterfeiters, tnes
q highwsymen, these asszssins, They g!
: thought they could
4 BURY THEIR lNIQUITY
7 50 deep down that it would never com
> to resurrection. Eut there 'Ras som
: shoe that answered 70 the print IN IL
n s&rd, scme false keys found in pcsssS
i sion, some bloody knife that Whispered c